Kaye — #8960 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaye

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,185 babies named Kaye between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaye currently holds the #8960 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 538 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaye performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 4,334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kaye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 789 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaye in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaye in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13,185 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.